Club 80-90 Forums

Hello! I built the syncrosouce site ... quite a while ago. One of the 'features' was an over-the-top syncro concept, which as an 80-90 member predicted, "it wouldn't see the light of day before 2010". To which I of course took exception, and now to which I humbly stand corrected. I dumped ...

There is a post on the syncrodoka list [ http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SyncroDoubleCabs/ ] requesting input for a custom aluminum rack design, am hoping some of you might participate - perhaps the design could be exported to the UK, even if the actual rack could not. On a non-related note, hav...

[re - "I can't figure out why people try to make things something they (by design) are not fit to be"] this is the most interesting [and sycnro related] question, to me ... how does one differentiate, for example, between a vehicle deserving a non-vw motor vs. non-vw suspension? [politely ...

You may interpret, reasonably or unreasonably, all you like. However, appreciating the functional look of a pinz or mog does not translate into 'fancying' one; nor does enjoying the VW community automatically make it my main motivation. My interests in vehicles [and other things] are complex, and I ...

re - VR6: I'm pretty clever, and thought I could modify the oil pan / pickup. Not easy, as it turns out [the pump itself resides in the pan]. My friend John Wessels [no slouch, that syncromog] thinks he'll install a VR6 in his, leaning at 50 degrees. In any case, I'm not a fan of the stock 2.1WBX mo...

yikes! I'm the yank in question ... I just discovered this lively debate, thought I'd shed some light: my daily driver [ http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_1130.shtml ] turned out 'too nice' to really off-road, and I was jealous of my friends [syncromog, et al] who were going places I co...